Data-Driven Dialogue, 2nd Edition

This new edition offers school leaders a practical
toolkit for developing powerful teams that use data
for continuous school improvement. This timely resource
presents a three-phase model that builds group capacity
for structuring and facilitating collaborative inquiry
with and about data and develops shared understandings
of both problems and possible solutions. Readers will
increase their confidence and skill in facilitating
data-driven dialogue by applying these easy-to-follow
directions for tools and techniques.

This second edition includes: An enhanced verbal
and non-verbal toolkit for facilitating collaborative
work as well as tips for learning these tools and
applying them to your work; an updated references and
resources section with links to current research on
group development and working with data; and additional
strategies and protocols for productive group work
with links to downloadable recording sheets and
PowerPoint« direction slides.

This is the guide for educators committed to data-driven
planning processes that develop shared responsibility
for continuous improvement in student learning.